Each year, Fritt Ord awards the Fritt Ord Prize to individuals or institutions that have shown civil courage and worked to defend and strengthen freedom of expression and the conditions for it in Norway, especially by encouraging dynamic debate.
How easy or hard is it to express opinions at work? And how do employers handle it when employees take advantage of their freedom of expression or become whistle blowers?
In 2021, the Fritt Ord Foundation handed out a total of MNOK 121.6, divided among 1320 successful applications. Now we are ready for new all-out efforts once again in 2022!
Over the past four years, the Fritt Ord Foundation has earmarked nearly MNOK 100 in funding for journalism projects in Norway. This focus will continue, and it has now been decided that the Foundation will call for applications for funding of MNOK 25 per year for Norwegian journalism in 2022 and 2023.
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants for more than NOK 100 000 in December 2021.
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants for Norwegian journalism projects in December 2021.
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants for Norwegian journalism projects in November 2021.
On 10 December, the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their courageous efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants in response to applications for less than NOK 100 000 in November 2021.
On Tuesday, 23 November 2021, Deeyah Khan was awarded the Fritt Ord Foundation Prize for 2020. This feature article is an abridged version of the speech delivered by Grete Brochmann, chair of the Fritt Ord Foundation’s Board, at the awards ceremony held at the Opera House in Oslo.
On Tuesday, 23 November 2021, Deeyah Khan received the Fritt Ord Foundation Prize for 2020. In her speech at the Opera House, she discussed the power inherent in engaging with people whose opinions differ from one’s own.
Kim Friele passed away on Monday, 22 November 2021, at age 86. She devoted large parts of her life to fighting for gay rights in Norway.
The Fritt Ord Foundation and Fafo invite the public to the presentation of new research findings and a debate from 10-11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 30 November. The event will take place at the Fritt Ord Foundation’s premises at Uranienborgveien 2, in Oslo.
This past Wednesday was a double anniversary for ‘Store norske leksikon’. It marked 115 years since Norway’s first encyclopaedia was launched, and 10 years since “The Great Norwegian Rescue”, when the Fritt Ord Foundation and several other institutions joined forces to ensure the future of one of the country’s most comprehensive sources of knowledge and facts.
Welcome to an inspiring pre-Christmas event hosted by Fritt Ord. The day will be devoted to two of the most important issues needed to keep up to date academically, i.e., citizenship and democracy.
Is the climate crisis causing a schism between generations? Is this the start of a new generational rebellion? What must be done? These questions form the basis of this week’s discussion in the series entitled ‘Debates about Norway’s Future’, initiated by Fritt Ord in cooperation with Amedia, Ferd and the Research Council of Norway.